I am curious about the foil design, skeg length, and what works the best in light wind conditions. It seems like the actual board that is mounted on it isn't as critical as proper foil design. Can anyone give some insight on this, or know where to find info on building one?

A larger board definitely helps to get enough speed to get flying in really light wind. My board is about the area of a 5'10 surfboard, but a bit shorter and thicker. It works very nice. Most dedicated hydrofoil boards are a bit small for cruising is super light wind in my opinion. A good low aspect foil can hold you up in really light wind if you have either the board volume or the kite size to get up to speed.

'Rip in 6 to 10 knots?!', why?i know the feeling of wanting to get on the water if you haven't kited in a while ... but for me this would be a too boring, even with one of the blender blade boards.try:

reading a bookspending quality time with your SOSUPingsurfingseeing a movieriding a bikevolunteeringmowing the lawn ... literallywashing the carlearning a languagecalling/visiting your parents digging deeper into social/political issuesmoving to a windier location

I agree at the low-end with conventional boards it does get pretty sleepy at times. I feel the same about flatwater too for that matter after while it just gets boring. That is unless there's something really good worth photographing. Haven't tried foils yet so I really can't comment yet but the sensation does look different and fun. You've tried foils and they're boring Exuma? How do you cope with all that flatwater over there?

With this persistent southerly wind flow we have been having upwelling happening in the oceanJust a week ago our surf temp was 84.8F......now it is down to 74.7FThat is great news if you are a kitesurferThe wind over the water is so much more powerful in the kite when ridingThe illusion is stunning on "side shore" SSE to S light winds of only 6 to 8kn maxNo need for foilboard.......on that day...glassy oceanMy wife and i went out on our strap surfboards and large kites 17 & 19m2We had to depower half way...."it felt as if we were in 12-14knots"We were ripping...jumping high.....in what seemed really like too little wind to even go

RickI - to be honest, i've never tried a foil board, however my background is advanced windsurfing (laydown jibes, big airs, etc) motorcycle road racing (3 of 10yrs professionally), mountain biking - cross country and down hill, and giant slalom style hardboot snowboarding, so kiteboarding in 6-10kts on any board, to me is simply boring and not very appealing. that said, i do enjoy SUP, it's the180 of kiting, serene - wave SUP is a blast too, because it's a new challenge for me.as for exuma, yes, flat water is the feature here, but we do have waves ... you just need to know where to go to find them. the best waves here are from emerald bay to rolleville - i'm not saying it's mancora, but still lots of fun.at the end of the day, to each his own.happy 4th!!